Readers share memories of the Kennedy assassination

Timeline and memories of the Kennedy assassination

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12:30 p.m., November 22, 1963: Moments later, shots ring out and President John F. Kennedy is killed nearly instantly.

"I was paying my lunch bill at the Snowden delicatessen in Montreal, Canada, when the cashier said, “Did you hear about President Kennedy?” I thought that was the first line to a joke she was about to tell. But it was no joke — the president had been shot. Stunned, I walked out onto the street as every car was pulling over to the side of the road. Drivers rested their heads on their steering wheels as tears streamed down their checks. Nothing was moving. Traffic had come to a complete halt."

12:30 p.m., November 22, 1963: Moments later, shots ring out and President John F. Kennedy is killed nearly instantly.

"I was paying my lunch bill at the Snowden delicatessen in Montreal, Canada, when the cashier said, “Did you hear about President Kennedy?” I thought that was the first line to a joke she was about to tell. But it was no joke — the president had been shot. Stunned, I walked out onto the street as every car was pulling over to the side of the road. Drivers rested their heads on their steering wheels as tears streamed down their checks. Nothing was moving. Traffic had come to a complete halt."